Word: styron
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...Styron wears respectable blue suits with lots of buttons, he knows how to light a cigar still moist from the humidor, and he answers questions in a matter of fact way. He is broad and tall, perhaps six feet, but he appears even taller, without being overwhelming. He has an impressive head of grey-black-white hair, combed straight back. And, for all his size, he has that cultured look of American aristocracy. If you catch his face from just the right angle, a side view from behind the ear, there is a trace of John Lindsay...
...FRIEND of Styron's tells me I came on the wrong night. She says there are moments when that quiet struggle rises to the surface. At first, she says, Styron was immensely troubled by attacks on Nat Turner-Styron says he did not anticipate all the fuss. When it came, he had to struggle with it; perhaps there came a point when he decided his attackers were unjust and decided finally to shut himself...
...turning point that my information saw, she says, came in New Orleans. Styron was speaking before a large audience, she says, when a familiar, young, black face stood up to interrupt the lecture. "You're a liar, Bill Styron," the critic yelled. "I called you a liar in Boston, and I'm calling you a liar here. I came all the way here to call you a liar. Do you remember...
...Styron cut him off, "yes I remember you. I guess I might call you my bete noire...
...Styron is no bigot. His bete noire is irrational criticism. He has reexamined Nat Turner and found it perfectly defensible; he finds it hard to see how anyone else who examines the historical evidence can find it otherwise...